Nienaber joins PHTS Telemedizin medical advisory board

Dr. Christoph Nienaber has been appointed to the medical advisory board of Personal HealthCare Telemedicine Services (PHTS) Telemedizin, a Düsseldorf, Germany-based subsidiary of SHL TeleMedicine of Zurich, Switzerland. Nienaber is chair of cardiology at the University of Rostock in Rostock, Germany, and has been the head of its cardiology clinic for the past seven years.

Nienaber's expertise in cardiology and telemedicine implementation will help the company further deploy the specialty.

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